SOCIAL!
SOCIAL! is an interactive music and movement based experience conceived by Steven Hoggett, Christine Jones and David Byrne with choreography by Yasmine Lee.
SOCIAL! turns empty performance spaces into dance spaces.
The audience is invited to dance in their own spotlights to to a specially curated playlist by DJ Natasha Diggs, all the while listening to a wonderfully idiosyncratic instructional voice over by David Byrne. Moving free-form or in sync with the spoken choreography, audience members take part in a communal moment of pure, cathartic dance-floor release.
Christine Jones
is a collaborative artist working in theatre, opera, public art, and the digital realm. She is the Creator and Artistic Director of the critically acclaimed THEATRE FOR ONE, which has recently moved online with its own platform. She is a Director of one of a kind experiences for companies like Rag & Bone, and productions such as Queen of the Night (Drama Desk Award for Best Unique Experience). She is a Tony Award- winning Set Designer: for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Its I & II, as well as American Idiot. Other credits include: The Cher Show, Spring Awakening (Tony Nomination), and Let the Right One In (St. Ann’s Warehouse and West End). Opera designs include: La Traviata and Rigoletto (Met Opera). Currently, she is developing a digital experience with Radiohead. She has an Obie for Sustained Excellence in Design and teaches at NYU’s Tisch as well as at Princeton.
Steven Hoggett
Recent credits as movement director include Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Broadway, West End & International), Angels in America (Broadway), The Crucible (Broadway), The Glass Menagerie (A.R.T., Broadway & EIF), The Last Ship (Broadway), Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time (West End, Broadway), Once (A.R.T., Broadway & West End), Green Day’s American Idiot (Broadway), Rocky: The Musical (Broadway), Peter & The Starcatcher (Broadway) and Black Watch (St. Anne’s Warehouse). Ocean at The End of the Lane, Pinocchio and The Light Princess (National Theatre), The Twits and The End of History (Royal Court), St Joan (Public). As Director, recent credits include Close to You: Bacharach Reimagined (West End). Music Video credits include Biffy Clyro, Imogen Heap, Bright Light, Goldfrapp, Calvin Harris and Franx Ferdinand. Film credits include How To Train Your Dragon 2 (Dreamworks) and Freak Show (Maven Pictures). Steven was a founding member of Frantic Assembly Theatre Company, and with Scott Graham co- wrote The Frantic Assembly Book of Devising Theatre (Routledge).
Kevin Adams
has received 4 Tony Awards for his work on Broadway which includes The Cher Show, Spongebob SquarePants, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, American Idiot, Next to Normal, The 39 Steps, Spring Awakening, Hair ,Passing Strange, Everyday Rapture, Take Me Out, A Class Act and Head Over Heels. Off-Broadway includes the original production of Hedwig, The Scottsboro Boys, Carrie, Rent and new work by Tony Kushner, Edward Albee, Neil Simon, Terrence McNally and Christopher Durang. Opera: Metropolitan Opera (Rigoletto, L’Amour de Loin, Marnie, La Traviata), New York City Opera, English National Opera. He has designed solo shows for Eric Bogosian, Anna Deveare Smith, Eve Ensler, Sandra Bernhard, John Leguizamo and Michael Moore. His work has been seen on the West End often and has toured internationally..
David Byrne
is a musician, composer, and producer. Recent works include the Broadway debut of David Byrne's American Utopia as well as the forthcoming Spike Lee directed film version, the launch of his Reasons to be Cheerful online magazine, and the solo album American Utopia. Byrne co-founded the band Talking Heads, for which he was the guitarist and lead singer, and established the record labels Luaka Bop and Todo Mundo. Other artistic achievements include the theatrical piece Joan of Arc: Into the Fire; a series of interactive environments questioning human perception and bias, The Institute Presents: NEUROSOCIETY; the theatrical production Here Lies Love; and the book How Music Works. Among his many laurels are Academy, Grammy, and Golden Globe Awards.
Creative Team
Steven Hoggett, Creator
Christine Jones, Creator
David Byrne, Creator
Kevin Adams, Lighting Design
Mara Isaacs, Executive Producer
Performance History
Park Avenue Armory, NYC (April 2021)
Upcoming
Texas Performing Arts, Austin, TX (April 2025)
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